Tallship Island Adventures provide great tours. I recently embarked on their Paradise tour and cannot recommend it highly enough.
It ran from 9am to 4.15pm and involved:
- a coach pick up from my hotel
- morning and afternoon tea
- a tall ship cruise to the exclusive McLarens Landing
- parasailing off the boat (cost $60)
- full licensed bar on boat and on island (drinks cost extra)
- island BBQ and buffet lunch
- live entertainment (singer)
- free use of paddle boats, kayaks, beach volleyball equipment, pool table, cricket and darts equipment
- sea plane flight (cost $90per person)
- choice of speedboat or tall ship cruise back home
- coach drop off at my hotel
Best of all, the tour was only $129!!! It was extraordinary value for a day packed with fun. There are plenty of opportunities to relax with glorious beaches on South Stradbroke Island (where McLarens Landing is) and even a hammock available for a snooze.
The staff are incredible and make the atmosphere very fun. They are sociable and entertaining too.
If you have a day free I would definitely go on this tour. The sea plane ride I took was incredible and the owner of the plane is happy to bargain with you for a cheaper fare. From memory I think I whittled him down to $55 for my flight. He likes to have fun and rolled the plane right over at one point - definitely got an adrenaline rush from that! read more